Democratic rivals rebuke Biden for not backing abortion rule repeal
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is under fire from his Democratic presidential rivals and women's rights advocates for his defense of a decades-old prohibition on federal money paying for abortions.
The hedging prompted intraparty outcry, with top Democrats reaffirming their commitment to abortion rights and scrapping the Hyde Amendment. The pushback marked the first significant instance in which virtually the entire crowded 2020 field united to critique Biden, who has emerged as an early Democratic front-runner .
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke said on CBS News that Biden was"absolutely wrong" on his stance on the Hyde Amendment."I hope that Joe Biden rethinks his position," O'Rourke said."Perhaps he doesn't have all the facts. Perhaps he doesn't understand who the Hyde Amendment huts the most." The campaign said Biden supports ending the Mexico City rule but backs the Hyde Amendment for now. That would change, it said,"if avenues for women to access their protected rights under Roe v. Wade are closed."
Biden has said in the past he agrees with his church's opposition to abortion personally but doesn't think the government should impose his views on others. After the Supreme Court decided the Roe v. Wade case, Biden originally worried the decision"went too far," though he later became a staunch defender of it.
Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said Biden's position"further endangers women and families already facing enormous hurdles and creates two classes of rights for people in this country, which is inherently undemocratic."
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